Unblocked

Saying no doesn't come easy for everyone.  People pleasing, "good" person tendencies, and fear of missing out can make "no" seem impossible.  But saying no to something is saying YES to something else.  Tune in to hear more on that. If you need support in being able to say no when yes is a lie, then let's work together. Go to jessicasmarro.com to schedule your free co...

Self-discovery is a process of seeing ALL of your parts and not making them wrong.  It is a journey of exploration, learning, and understanding.  Tune into this episode for a conversation with Robin Keesler where we have soul-baring conversations about owning our "shadow" parts and learning from our experiences rather than using them to define us. Join us as we unpack the gritty work of...

Friends! I'm having a party and you're invited.  In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (May) and my birthday month (June), I have a gift for you. Tune in to this episode for all the deets. Click HERE to grab your spot. Let's Get Unblocked!

Get comfy.  Grab your beverage of choice. Tune into this episode for a girlfriend-style conversation on growing joy in your life. I am joined by LaTasha Deloach who shares with us her journey to joy.  This isn't your average joy journey.  It has a whole hashtag.  She drops some one-liners that are so full of wisdom and juice, they could be entire episode in themselves. Tune in for laughter, i...

**Trigger Warning** Please note that today’s episode includes discussion of suicide.  Take care of yourself and skip this episode if it best serves you.  If you find yourself in crisis, help is available.  You can access the national crisis hotline by dialing 988.                                                                                ********* Prepare your heart and mind for some seismic s...

Hey friends! In this episode, I have a candid conversation about a recent experience in developing trust. Trust can be a tricky thing for some.  I don't struggle to trust other people, but turns out I have some blocks around trusting that I will have what I need when I need it. Take a listen for what feels like a breakthrough in trust for me. This episode is an example of what happens with co...

I am thrilled to have Avianna Castro on today's episode.  Avianna is an intuitive transformational coach and meditation teacher, founder of Avianna Castro, LLC and Oneness Wellness.  Her passion is to assist others in recognizing and connecting to their own intuition, potential, and purpose, guiding souls on remembering who they are at their core, envisioning a life filled with dreams that ca...

Regardless of your current relationship to money, this is a conversation you don't want to miss. Jill and I talk about the various money stories people have and reframing them in ways that will actually serve us.  Tune in for a conversation about developing a value-based relationship with money so that you have more of you want in life and less of what you don't. Jill shares some specifi...

It's time to witness and un-shame our humanity.  Kierkegaard told us that life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.  The same holds true for us.  We are a reality to be experienced.  In the self-help movement, some of us lost the "self" we were intending to help. This episode is an invitation to shift the focus from fixing yourself to getting to know yourse...

This episode was inspired by a Matt Kahn quote "In order to be who I was born to become, life couldn't have happened any other way." There is an opportunity to squeeze learning, growth, awareness, and meaning out of all of life's experiences.  This gets missed when we are busy making ourselves, others, and events "wrong." Tune in for reflections on how to reframe the...

For many people, women especially, food, body image, sexuality are often intertwined in a conflicting mix of desire and denial. In this episode, I am joined by Kayla Van Egdom to explore the path to body freedom.  Kayla is a health coach, energy healer, author, and podcaster who is on a mission to help liberate women everywhere from food prison and body shame.    She spent two decades trying to fi...

Recording this episode was a fun treat, a gift of sorts, so it feels right to have it release on Christmas Day. In this episode, the eldest Smarro boy is making an appearance.  I am joined by 15-year-old Gavin Smarro. As parents, it's easy to get caught up in the role of caretaker, teacher, molder, and director of children.  While there is certainly a time and place for all of that, we don&ap...

In this episode, we continue the conversation from the previous episode on self-worth.  I am joined by Dr. Adia Gooden to take a closer look at what self-worth is, what gets in the way of knowing our worth, and how to feel more worthy.    Dr. Gooden is a licensed clinical psychologist, a dynamic speaker, and a coach who is passionate about helping others embrace their unconditional self-worth. Thr...

Many of us find ourselves in the worthiness hustle, caught up in perfectionism, overworking, overexerting our way to the next big goal so that we can accomplish enough to believe in our self-worth.  This episode examines the question "how do we actually create self-worth?"  Tune in for some answers. If something in you is feeling a pull toward a life where you can feel and know your wort...

If you are living with a sense that something is off or missing, feeling unfulfilled, aimless, lacking vision, or feeling like life is passing you by, be sure to tune in to this episode for an invitation to follow what lights you up. As Howard Thurman said "Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come a...

Let's be honest, sometimes relationships are infuriating.  Other times, they're euphoric.  Sometimes they fall somewhere in between.  In this episode I talk about why the "lows" aren't necessarily a problem and provide some guideposts to help navigate those times. If you find yourself struggling to navigate the ups and downs, highs and lows, in your relationships, let&apos...

Life is a mixed bag of traumatic and beautiful moments.  Having practices, tools, skills, resources, and supports to help us handle ALL the moments, is imperative.  In this episode, Heather Lescault shares with us the healing practices that helped her navigate postpartum depression and all the experiences life has to offer. Tune in for a conversation about finding your voice and embracing the wild...

What do you think about yourself when you're by yourself?  Tom Bilyeu says that your answer to this question is what matters most in this life.  In this episode I talk about what we think about ourselves, why it can be hard to receive compliments and praise, and offer some tools and strategies to access beliefs that serve us well. If your inner monologue has gone rogue and you'd like to...

Tune in for this conversation with the one and only Cam Nichols.  Cam is a life coach who works with shy introverts to help them stop hiding and start living.  In this episode we have a soulful conversation about identity and the social conditioning we experience that shapes what we perceive to be our identity.  We explore the reasons we feel compelled to make ourselves wrong, and share some strat...

For some, self-love is a bit of a mystery or feels like an impossible goal.  If the starting point is self-loathing, it completely makes sense that self-love would seem out of the question. In today's episode, I talk about recalibrating the goal to adjust the focus toward building a relationship with ourselves rather than trying to jump straight into love.  Settle in for a conversation on get...

Allow me to introduce you all to Cassondra Preer Taylor.  She is an entrepreneur, decorated military veteran, and a business woman with a highly awarded corporate career.  While all of that is impressive, it doesn't hold a candle the experience of her presence.  In today's episode, she shares a bit of that with us.       Cassondra was remarkably close to the World Trade Center on Septemb...

Full well knowing that there is a possibility of winning or losing, athletes show up to their games anyway.  They train, practice, workout, develop their craft day in and day out even though they know there is a chance that their efforts will result in a loss.  Win or lose, they'd do it anyway. What is the thing that you want and think, win or lose, I'd do it anyway?  Whether you have an...

You guys, a conversation with Sarah Rose is like being wrapped in a zen-filled blanket of wisdom and goodness.  So if you need a healthy dose of that, this is an episode you won't want to miss. We talk about the blocks we erect in our lives that get in the way of experiencing the full possibility, joy, and happiness that could be available to us RIGHT NOW.  Tune in for moments of laughter, te...

I recently found myself in a conversation considering the qualities of a good leader.  Words like "inspiring people to do things they never thought they could" caught my attention and got me thinking, do we do this for ourselves?  What does it look like to be a good self-leader?  Tune into today's episode to find out.  If this episode got you excited about self-leadership and self-i...

The lovely Melanie Hill joins me in this episode to talk all things Human Design.  Human Design is a road map to who we are and how we are meant to move through the world.   Living in alignment with our Human Design helps us navigate ourselves, and the world, in a more effective and easeful manner.  Tune into this episode to get the 411 on Human Design basics and how you can tap into your inner au...